T his paper presents five main messages and key recommendations of a dialogue that explored opportunities and limitations of agroecology to address conservation needs beyond the farm. The messages hereby presented look beyond classical on-farm conservation approaches (e.g. conservation of local crop varieties and crop wild relatives) and focus instead...

The agricultural sector, particularly in low-income countries, is facing multiple challenges including climate change, soaring food, fuel and fertilizer prices, biodiversity loss, and lack of adequate investment in agricultural development. With world hunger levels on the rise,1 an urgent move away from industrial agriculture and intensive farming practices is essential...

The Global Environment Facility’s Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) supports developing countries to build institutional and technical capacities to meet the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) requirements. This final evaluation assessed the first cluster of the FAO CBIT projects – national projects in Cambodia, Mongolia and Papua New Guinea, and the...

The four-year initiative, called Center for Renewable Energy in Aquaculture (CeREA), is funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Cairo. The initiative reflects Norway's commitment to enhancing nutrition, promoting job and value creation and empowering local fish value chain actors with climate-smart technologies, particularly small- and medium-scale fish farmers in Africa. Commenting on...

The growing national and export markets for improved fruit (including mango) and macadamia nuts in Malawi could offer promising opportunities for smallholder farmers if they are better integrated (with appropriate resources and training) within their respective value chains. While the macadamia value chain is highly structured, export oriented and dominated...

Due to the global climate crisis, the importance of communities adopting sustainable methods and practices is becoming increasingly urgent. Globalised production systems and rampant consumption cause the loss of living soils, biodiversity and local seeds, the abandonment of lands, and the deepening of socio-economic inequalities. However, some systems that sprout...

This report summarises the main outcomes of the Good Practice Workshop on ‘Addressing data gaps to evaluate CAP Strategic Plans’, which was organised by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP on 8-9 June 2023 in Malmö, Sweden. The objective of the workshop was to identify and overcome data gaps obstructing the evaluation...

The current edition, SAMUDRA Report No. 90, dated December 2023, features a range of articles from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, with a special focus on climate change. The editorial Comment that opens the current issue of SAMUDRA Report argues that adaptive social protection and effective fisheries management can be...

 Food systems stakeholders in Albania, Jordan, and Morocco have gotten a boost from a project funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to operationalize their food systems transformation pathways. “SFS-MED: a multi-stakeholder...

Avec une production annuelle d'environ 41 000 tonnes, la contribution des secteurs de la pêche continentale et de l'aquaculture reste modeste par rapport au potentiel hydrique et biologique de la région du Maghreb. Pourtant, ce secteur pourrait soutenir le développement de l'offre alimentaire et contribuer à la lutte contre la...

Grain legumes are key components of sustainable production systems in sub-Saharan Africa, but wide-spread nutrient deficiencies severely restrict yields. Whereas legumes can meet a large part of their nitrogen (N) requirement through symbiosis with N2-fixing bacteria, elements such as phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and secondary and micronutrients may still be...

The EU CAP Network’s Support Facility for Innovation & Knowledge Exchange | EIP-AGRI has produced six videos in the course of the last year, showcasing innovative farms and projects from across Europe. In each of the videos, a farmer or project manager is interviewed about a specific initiative that they...

Community participation and the use of technology in disaster response as well as the role of local self-government institutions (LSGI) in fisheries management were the highlights of a two-day workshop on Sea Safety and Fisheries Management in the southern state of Kerala. It was organized jointly by ICSF and the...

La información sistematizada y presentada en esta nota técnica brinda insumos sobre las oportunidades existentes en la adopción de tecnologías digitales para facilitar el suministro de alimentos saludables, considerando que las plataformas digitales pueden articular la oferta y la demanda de alimentos e identificar nuevas oportunidades de mercado.

En la Cordillera Central de la República Dominicana está ubicada la ciudad de Constanza, que se caracteriza por tener un suelo fértil y un clima influenciado por vientos que mueven las nubes hasta que se chocan con las cordilleras, provocando lluvias frecuentes en esa región. Este municipio cuenta con alrededor de...

A leading Saudi university has started employing artificial intelligence to help preserve Red Sea fish species and assess their sustainability. Through its innovative scientific research and various data-based methods, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is using algorithms to analyze masses of statistics about fish populations, fishing practices, and...

A governance perspective that connects actors at multiple levels in forest restoration is largely missing and much needed to expedite the translation of national restoration targets into long-lasting outcomes. An explicit focus on the interactions across governance levels, and how these influence ecological processes at different spatial levels, can overcome...

La presente publicación contiene los trabajos de las y los ganadores de la versión 2021 del “Premio de investigación a la innovación en políticas de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional”, para las categorías artículos científicos publicados y ensayos inéditos (2021). Es importante aclarar que, en el caso de los artículos científicos...

The Life ADA (Adaptation in Agriculture) project strengthens farmers’ skills to face climate change challenges in the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. Stefania Faccioli from the project explains why and how they do this, and what their plans for the future are.

Para el año del 2023, serán sembradas 162 kg de semillas de algodón de la variedad nacional CCA 348 – Mandiyuti – en cinco parcelas demostrativas semilleras en el departamento de Santa Cruz, con el objetivo de apoyar su multiplicación y distribución, a partir de un análisis del Instituto Nacional...